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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: Ned on March 06, 2012, 06:12:08 pm

Title: Bell's Palsy
Post by: Ned on March 06, 2012, 06:12:08 pm

Did any of you have Bell's Palsy prior to diagnosis for AN.

Title: Re: Bell's Palsy
Post by: Suu on March 06, 2012, 11:16:42 pm

Hi Ned
No I didn't but ended up with facial palsy post-op.

Do you have Bells?

Regards,
Suu

Title: Re: Bell's Palsy
Post by: arkansasfarmgirl on March 07, 2012, 11:10:12 am

I had Bell's Palsy 10 years prior to my AN being diagnoses.  Which may, or may not have actually been a facial neuroma.

Title: Re: Bell's Palsy
Post by: Ned on March 07, 2012, 12:24:22 pm

I had BP about 10 years prior to diagnosis, same side as my AN buddy.  My face was horrribly distorted for about a year, still can't smile on my right side and the entire right side of my face feels bruised all the time.

Title: Re: Bell's Palsy
Post by: cindyj on March 07, 2012, 02:55:51 pm

Had it about 19 years prior to my diagnosis, it was on the opposite side from my AN, though...I just knew from that experience that I wanted to avoid facial paralysis w/ my AN if at all possible...Still have some residual nerve damage from the Bell's Palsy, but very minor...left eye drains tears when I eat and the left side of my nose runs a bit just about all of the time...

cindy

Title: Re: Bell's Palsy
Post by: Cindyswart on March 07, 2012, 04:04:22 pm

I did, that was the first bout of facial numbness i had. And actually, my face did not completely "wake up" till after surgery.